The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-17
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
Some OF the Styles That VIII Prevail
During the Coming Season.


During the Coming Season.
Very many of the new costumes NOW
being prepared in Paris for the autumn
season are made wholly of gray, fol-
lowing style established by English
ladies of royalty early in the summer
season. Costumes of gray French CASH
mere combined with soft gray velvet,
those of gray colored silk garnitured
with cut steel embroideries, and those
of gray cloth and MORE, trimmed with
costly gray gimps and galloons, will
lead in favor in the gay French world,
to the exclusion, very often, of those
striking and brilliant gowns for which
Parisians have been famous for many
seasons past. Gray felt bonnets and
gray hats in turban, Gainsborough,
sailor, Spanish gypsy, and English
walking hat shapes will be worn en-
suite, and many shades of gray will APP
pear in their trimmings instead of
feathers, velvet and ribbon loops of
contrasting color.
In imported textiles used in millinery
are costly Venetian, Persian and Roman
embroidered fabrics in tinted crepe lisse,
Spanish muslin and silk batiste. Floral
designs OF velvet in tiny patterns, and
arabesques in combinations of richest
colors OH cream or primrose-yellow
grounds, are also employed, and one
beautiful bonnet design for blonde is
made of an exquisite shade of pale blue
Spanish muslin, with white velvet flow
ers and fine gold leaves on its trans
parent surface. The bonnetis decorated
with white crepe, roses and gold lace.
A French model shows crown of white
crepe wrought with gold buds. The
brim is edged with black velvet, over
laid with white lace dotted with gold
beads. The front of the bonnet is a
mass of embroidered crepe set in up
right folds, with an immense gold gauze
butterfly perched in the center. A sweet
little princesse bonnet is made of pink
silk batiste, wrought with Persian en-
broideries in scattered designs, and
trimmed with high montures of pink
crepe hollyhock, mingled with tender
green foliage. Another bonnet of pale
violet lisse is trimmed with milk-white
roses and pale blue forget me-nots..
The tournure is neither greater nor
less; it remains stationary. Skirts will
remain short for the street. demi-
trained for fetes and five O clock teas,
and full-trained for evening dress.
Corsages are wonderfully varied, as
well for day as for evening. There
are plastrons, Vandyked pieces, back
insertions, vests, half vests, guimpes,
blouse fronts with jersey sides and jer-
sey fronts with loose side forms. Later
on there will be small, simulated capes,
the upper part of the corsage made
of plush or velvet, with Suvarof
sleeves, giving the top of the
corsage, back and front, the ap-
pearance of short cape. Corse-
lets, continually altered and modified
in aspect, are still much worn. One
style OF evening corsage is open to the
middle of the chest, with very deep
turn-down collar of velvet of q con-
trasting color. Inside the opening is
a plated fichu, crossed, made either of
lace or Of tulle. The velvet of the col
lar is repeated in a deep belt and in the
cuffs of the pulled sleeves. Other COR
sages are low on the shoulder, pointed,
and open from top to bottom upon a
plastron of lace or Grape crossed and
made to simulate an inner low corsage.
This is very old fashion revived. NJ
Y. Post.